Stopped by the local gun shop today to see if he had anything I couldn't live without, turns out he did. Picked up a nice mod 36 chief and then a Henry lever action 22 caught my eye and while doing the paperwork decided I'd get the Ruger 10/22 compact. Some range fun tomorrow. May have lost the mod 36 wife walked by a minute ago and eyeballed it, then she picked it up. Got a hmmmm I may need this comment from her. Then a "can we shoot this tomorrow?"

The next upgrade are Hornet trigger, Kidd checkered block, and firing pin!
My Hogue 10/22 already has the best Hornet trigger, but it could use the checkered block, firing pin, and pull handle... maybe magazine release...

The Henry .22 shot low and left but grouped nicely at 25 yds. The Ruger 10/22 shot low and right at 25 yds also with a decent group . The Model 36 chief put 4 of 5 in an 8" bull at 25 yds. Fun times today.

We had a "plinking" session at the range Saturday. Lots of fun. The two hits of the day were ice and full pop cans. For the ice, we froze red beer cups full of water and placed the ice on the berm, which is about 60 yards from the shooting positions.

We had a "plinking" session at the range Saturday. Lots of fun. The two hits of the day were ice and full pop cans. For the ice, we froze red beer cups full of water and placed the ice on the berm, which is about 60 yards from the shooting positions.

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That's exactly what I was thinking about doing next time - thanks for the tip!

Just bought my first handgun (Ruger LC9) a couple of weeks ago and have spent way to much at the range on 9mm, so figured I would buy an inexpensive .22 to save some cash on ammo - if I can find any, but that's a different thread..

Have a couple of options I am looking at. First is a used Astra Constable at a LGS. $250, seems in decent enough shape, some patchiness on the bluing, and mild surface corrosion on the plain steel parts (hammer,trigger etc) but a real neat looking gun. All functions seem to work as expected. Shop policy is they will fix any problems that arise within a reasonable amount of time after the sale.

For the same price though I can get a new Beretta NEOS from Academy - although the local store only has the two tone ($300) at which price point opens up the Browning Buck Mark and S&W equivalent option.

I used to shoot a Ruby (Llama) .22 revolver with my dad way back in my early teens, but never have used a .22 semi auto.